A Tiny CHAPEL and a Return to BLETCHINGLEY | Surrey

[@jasonbudd4696]

Never visited Bletchingley that much when I lived in Surrey. Some of those Tudor buildings and St Mary's Church are beautiful. Pub lunch also looked great.

[@ianmccaughan7121]

That Chapel looked like a cosy home .Stunning inside .

[@maryfennell9672]

Beautiful chapel! I love those sort of places. Nice pie!!

[@MrNas42]

What a grand place!

[@MarqEnglish]

It is indeed.

[@andrewnorris2]

What an extraordinary but absolutely charming chapel and how amazing it was open. A nice autumn day at the beginning. And a damn fine lunch! Enjoy!

[@MarqEnglish]

I really didn't think it would be open so a BIG Bonus!

[@lornafleur123]

So lovely it was open ...and very interesting ! especially with the door coming from Hever too ! Been through this area many times but never stopped . St Mary's is beautiful too ...900 yrs !! Absolutely stunning . The Hermits cell ! A really lovely area isn't it ! Lovely pub too ! Wow ...your lunch looks...delicious !!! Must go there !! Thanks Mark ...really enjoyed watching !

[@MarqEnglish]

Many thanks Lorna.

[@nancynoo]

Lovely Chapel. Looked very peaceful there. Good to see Bletchingley as I lived there many years ago. Once stayed in one of the very old cottages on the High St. It was reputed to be haunted by a soldier but we didn't experience anything other than a very cosy cottage. We went up to the top of the church tower once and had amazing views. Shame about the traffic noise. Hard to get away from it these days.

[@Iseult5280]

Beautiful location, the nook under the stairs a modern day hermit cell.

[@jeanblemings5352]

High small ancient door quotient in this video! Plus two very different ecclesiastical buildings. The ladder arrangement looked interesting in the first chapel. Amazing how old some of the cottages were in the village. Thanks for taking us with you - definite pie envy at the end!

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks Jean, it is a lovely area to explore (despite the traffic on the A25!)

[@MrGreatplum]

Love that chapel, Marq - I will have to go and find it. Bletchingley was a wealthy town that rivalled Reigate for size in medieval times, hence the size of the church and the width of the high street to accommodate the market (I think it once had a town charter.)

[@MarqEnglish]

Ah, that makes sense with the larger High Street and the Market.

[@dianarolph1770]

A lovely walk around what looks like a model village. And that pie didn’t look like something made somewhere else en masse( I’ll probably be proved wrong but it did look home made)

[@MarqEnglish]

The Pie was really delicious.

[@daveevad]

Great ambience, indoors and outside, plus... 😋

[@MarqEnglish]

PUB LUNCH!

[@rogerchesson176]

Thank you for returning to Bletchingley, I do get very emotional when I see photos and videos of where I was brought up, I lived on the White Post Council Estate, went to the old village primary school at the top of the village, then to the secondary school that was onnthe estate, it closed the year before I left school and became the primary school. I would love to return and live the memories I have from so many years ago, but it is a long way from where I am living my retirement years in Cambodia.

[@michaelwhite8031]

That lunch looked extra yummy. Thanks for the visit to the fine churches.

[@MarqEnglish]

You're welcome Michael.

[@UnusualThings1]

Great video Marq, lovely pub too.

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks Paul.

[@marieascot]

The Churches Conservation trust had a video about a woman that got siphilus in the middle ages and had herself walled up in a cell like that for the rest of her life relying upon people feeding her through the hole. She was allowed a cat as a single luxury.

[@andytheghosthunter]

The Bletchingley Arms is a bit of a favorite of mine!!

[@MarqEnglish]

Great atmosphere Andy.

[@cathybonner9437]

I knew Bletchingley was an oldy worldy place but didn't know some of the houses were 14C. Wow that is old. The church there is stunning from what you've showed us, the statues were immaculately made. I find all this so interesting especially older buildings, how were they built all those years ago?

[@MarqEnglish]

And Buildings built to last.

[@anthonystreeter7808]

I grew up in Bletchingley many years ago. Desmond Tutu’s son was in my primary school class while he was there. The village does not appear to have changed much, except many more cars. I live in the United States now and have not been there for many years.

[@MarqEnglish]

The Traffic is definitly a big change in recent years.

[@Waynethepainsmurf]

Thanks for sharing marq. Lovely video. Made me feel hungry at the end. Lol.

[@MarqEnglish]

Thanks Wayne.

[@DannyTP1888]

Thanks Marq, the chapel, church and buildings of Bletchingley looked lovely, and your lunch didn't look too bad either. Happy to report no DNA links to this area! 😁 Keep well Marq.

[@marieascot]

You love your old doors. Have you thought of doing a book about them?

[@MarqEnglish]

I haven't, no.

[@ianmccaughan7121]

That Chapel looked like a cosy home .Stunning inside .

[@MarqEnglish]

Very charming.